Cyrtauchenius
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| Cyrtauchenius | |
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| Turret and trap door of C. latastei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Cyrtaucheniidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtauchenius Thorell, 1869[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. terricola (Lucas, 1846) | |
| Species | |
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14, see text | |
Cyrtauchenius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.[2] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1985.[3]